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Michael Tae Sweeney@mtsw.bsky.social |
"When Republicans hold Congress but not the Presidency, they do things to intentionally create problems knowing that the problems will be blamed on the Dem President" is now one of the central facts of American politics and totally asymetrical.
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Grudgie the Whale
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Meanwhile Dems HELPED Trump with a huge aid package in 2020
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@alexandergruchala.bsky.social
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And that’s one of the big reasons why parliamentary democracy is better than presidential democracy. It’s too easy for the executive to be blamed/take responsibility for things the legislature does and vice versa under a presidential system.
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Stef @wikisteff@mastodon.social Christensen
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A sane medium would think that it's their job to explain this to the audience.
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Michael Tae Sweeney
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Donald Trump is running for President on one of his major accomplishments being covid direct payment stimulus checks that Democrats invented and passed over the objections of Republicans.
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Blake Mitchell
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Even going back a few decades, a bipartisan measure would pass, the compromise with the GOP was to not adequately fund it, ensuring its failure, then the GOP would say, “See? We told you it wouldn’t work.”
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Steve Uncle
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They literally run on this promise
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